I will be taking your warning under advisement, and telling others as well...
While I will be eternally grateful for the kidney transplant my mother received when I was a teenager, the stories I’ve been reading lately make me wonder if everything possible was done for her donor (She was a young lady who was in a motorcycle accident on Christmas Eve back in 1988).
This warning needs to be spread far and wide, IMHO. There is nothing wrong with organ donation - it’s one of the most wonderful gifts that can be given, but as you said - it sounds like it’s better to leave it up to your family AFTER you’re gone.
Chances are good that there was very little that could have been done for your donor.
Motorcycle accident victims usually die, > 90% of the time, from head/neck trauma. There is often very little that can be done for them, and young, health accident victims often can save up to 10 other people by the donation of their organs.
That is why I scoff at helmet laws: they save the few lives of those that crash at lower speeds, but almost all high speed motorcycle accidents result in a fatality.
Still, it is best to let you loved ones decide on donation AFTER the fact.